Jallikattu (2019) - full transcript

No funny stuff
You walk ahead of me

Hold the rope tight

Rice-cake again for breakfast?

The same every day!

Playing with Naxal extremists again?

It’s bank procedure, brother
Please co-operate

Some extra liver for you

I buy from Varkey because
he sells real meat

Varkey, give me some
meat scraps for the dogs

Some bones for soup

Stupid, what are you doing,
slicing or scraping?



Okay,this will do

Flesh from the thigh,Father

Thanks

Hey, what is this?

Subadra, cook the meat curry
with coconut milk, okay?

Would you like the tapioca dish
with big pieces?

Both brother and sister
straight from hell

Dude, we too eat fish

But it’s tiny fish.
Let me taste it first

Get lost, you mongrel

My brother would slit your throat
if he found out

It's dark, take this torch.
Don't want you tripping and falling

Hold this

Thomas called from the bar.
They need the meat early



First deliver seven kilograms of lean meat
to Kuriachan's house

It’s for his daughter's engagement

Never invites anyone,
that skunk

Idiot! Is that how you tie a knot?

Are you practising to tie the knot
on your mother-in-law?

Bring the legs together

I did, master

Lower its head

Hold it tight

It's getting away!

Don't let go

Hold on to it

JALLIKKATTU

Hurry up!
Come on... come fast.

Please come out!

Bring some water!
There is a fire

Brother, there is a fire

Everybody, come fast!

There is a fire!
Hope it doesn't spread

Tie up your hair

What is it?

A buffalo’s run amok

Why would it
burn a haystack?

Buffaloes eat hay, don't they?

What the hell.

Don't poor people
have the right to live here?

Prabhakaran

Open the door

Who is it?

It's me, Varkey

Varkey?

What happened?

Come with me

Don't worry, Varkey

They are migrants
from the plains

Before daybreak, they will
catch and butcher it

Your father Mathan fell into the well
when a buffalo ran amok like this...

...didn't he?

Varkey, I’m sure
he went this way

You get piss drunk every day
and fool about

No wonder it ran away

First, pay for the
meat you bought last week

It almost killed us

I know how to groom it.
Go away!

I lost 50 litres of milk.
You have to answer for it

Go, call the police

Move out of here

Shine the torch

Where is Antony?

Where are you off to,
so early in the morning?

The buffalo’s gone

Life’s become impossible here

You fool.
Where is the buffalo?

Headed towards the plantation …

On the run,
trampling all in its way

And escaped
into the forest

Stop there

Where are you
all off to?

You three,
go that side

Some of you,
come this way

Damn these insects
Is he growing a forest or what?

It’s Nature, man

Where to?
The beast will finish you

Where? Where?

Come.
Come fast

Chase it.
Don't let it go

There …
He went that way

There goes the buffalo.
Come fast

It has gone there

Don't trample the shrubs!
They are all medicinal herbs

What happened?

The buffalo Varkey wanted
butchered is running wild

We are chasing it

Leave that gentle soul alone

This universe is home to
every creature, not just humans

Let it go free
and live its life

While we men risk our lives?

Oh, Shangu! Don't use abusive words
It will pollute the surroundings

Come on, it's here

Mind the plants!

Just find the beast
And trap it

Paul, please calm down

Paul, abusive words will
pollute the surroundings

Why call your dad
for every silly thing?

I will go to my home,
whenever i want.

He calls himself an inspector

You will obey my words and stay here.
Or be gone for good

Some father and daughter, these two.
- Dare to insult my father?

If I do, so what?

You started this
the day you came here

Get lost!
Go to your bloody home

A week from the wedding …

Go ahead, kill me!

Yes, I will kill you and also your dad!

Go ahead

Sir …

Sub Inspector, sir...
- I don't care..

Go and open it yourself!

Sir, it was excellent tapioca plant.
Extremely lush

That buffalo romped over it
and destroyed my everything

If you have a licensed gun
shoot and kill the beast

And mind you …

I haven't heard or
seen anything, okay?

Anything happened to you?

Father!

What the hell? Even a wild boar
wouldn't cause such rampage

Varghese, call the police

Come down

Come down here!

Don’t be rough with it.
That would mean trouble later

Does the church
belong to your dad?

Listen to me

All this land
was a dense forest

My dad usurped it and then
donated it to the church

And he lets the buffalo
loose here, the bastard

I’ll see to it that
your butcher shop is shut down

Did you call the police?

Master, the police van is coming

Now let them sort it out

I am here at the church
for something urgent

Move aside

Didn't I say I will call you back?

Sir, no provision to shoot it

Look at the damage it has caused
to the crops

Father, there is a procedure to follow

The Tahsildar has to issue an order,
the veterinary surgeon has to come

Meaning, it will take another week

Then, we will catch it on our own!

Hey, didn't I tell you I'll call back!

Don't call me like this!

Do what you need to.
But, with a wild buffalo …

there are legal issues

We can't even move
out of our houses

Dear villagers, a violent
buffalo is running amok...

and destroying the
peace of this village

spreading fear everywhere

It has already destroyed
crops and much else

Don't worry,
why are you crying?

A buffalo is running wild.
The child will get scared

Let’s shut the door

I know why …

Women and children are adviced
to stay indoors

Senior citizens, please avoid
defecating in the open

All of you,
go back home

All labourers keep indoors
and don't report for work

You can weed the tapioca
and collect cow dung later

Now, you must protect
your life!

Express your strong protest
against the authorities

They don’t protect
our lives and property

You spend your life
sniffing behind her

When the villagers
go without sleep

No wonder she stays home
as a spinster

In her 9th class, she had
an affair with the PT teacher

Real cock-teaser!

You ...!
Leave it!

To finish it off
hit him on the head

If you catch him,
go straight for his heart

Do you get it?

It is destroying vehicles …

Maybe we should call Kuttachan

Don't dare mention that scum!

What’s this?
Get back

Why all this ruckus?

It started early morning

Kalan Varkey's buffalo
is running wild

Varkey's buffalo?
No wonder!

He remains unmarried …
and sneaks into homes at night

His sister is no better

Like dogs in butcher shop,
all men sniff after her

She had a thing with
her drill master too

Can't you hear the announcement?

Still boiling tapioca
in the open?

Get lost, you gaffer

Is the tapioca boiled?

Almost

A little more salt?
Yes

Haven't you prepared tea yet?

I’m doing it

Give me something to munch

Boozing from early morning?

You do as I say

Let us cook more rice tomorrow

If free, people eat anything

So you are not
calling the villagers?

No! I don't want to spoil
my daughter's engagement

When I first came here
with rubber plants …

these scundrels asked
if one could drink rubber milk!

Why are you following me?
Wait there

For the wedding,
I will call everyone …

Yes, that will do

So what are our plans?

Brandy will be here this morning

As for toddy-bread, let us have 60

Make it 70

Let it be 80

Be sure to add some boiled rice
while making the appam batter

That will make it fluffy, crusty and tasty

Very soft

Here’s tea

Drink up

One minute

My munchies?

Yes, and we need to serve the appam
with buffalo gravy

Whom are you talking to all the time?

My friend

Which friend?

Stop it and go …
There are visitors

Luckacha, please check on the fish curry

You must smell the aroma of spices
and tamarind upon opening the lid

We can make curd dish with jack fruit

Jack fruit?
Don't make a gravy with jack fruit

Let us have a curd dish with tender yam

There must be chunky pieces
of tender yam to eat

And moist juice of yam
to slurp off it

Make pickle with green pepper.
Make it extra spicy

So spicy, it should drive the lice
out of their heads

Now our special buffalo roast.
That's our signature dish

I want roasted coconut slices
soaked in the buffalo fat

Then ghee and meat

This fat will give that extra
taste to the curry

Understood?
- Yes

Why this noise?
An announcement?

No idea. People are running.
What has happened?

What’s going on?

Old man, whose buffalo?

Kalan's (Varkey)

What will I do for buffalo meat?

What are you saying?

Without buffalo curry,
can we even call it a feast?

Where is this idiot
going with the cart?

He's ringing the bell like he's walking
to his mother's cremation.

The fool is headed that way

Ask him to move away.
Or he will get hit

You owe me a lot of money
Please pay me my interest

A buffalo is running wild
and you want your interest?

Look there.
The buffalo will be here

Sanku, push him away

Move away if you
want to stay alive, fool

Where is this man running?

Where did the beast go?

It has broken into the Bank

Can you write off the mortgage
against my house?

Only I can save you now

Come on, decide fast

Go to hell

Drive the beast out.
We’ll shut the gate to trap it

Go, catch hold of it

The memorandum submitted
to the hon'ble district collector...

from Kunnumpuram house
of Meppara village…

by Paul, son of Oudha,
occupation - farming…

Correct it as 'late' Oudha

The 'mahisha' brought
illegally for slaughter …

'Mahisha' (a god)

What else is a buffalo?

A buffalo is a buffalo.
Write simply that?

Then you write it

No, please proceed

I humbly request you to
look into this matter

And initiate appropriate action

Look here!
It has destroyed our flag post

We must do something about it

Varkey, let’s go to the hospital

It is nothing serious
I will go home and have a steam bath

We have to catch it before sunset..

Hey, what is happening here?

Some buffalo has run amok

Buffalo?
Get in fast, man..

Move aside..

Those Poomala guys have arrived!
To create ruckus!

Pour one more drink
Let us have a bash..

(folk song)

Look, I was in Idukki

And I came here as
soon as I heard of this!

Sir, you can't take it lightly!

We have to handle him physically!

We have to do something now!

Comrade, please calm down..

Then like the other party, let
us too be meek and spineless..

First,it was not deliberately let loose!

Second, Varkey helps
us in times of need

True!
He never keeps me waiting at his shop

Third, by evening, all of us can...

What nonsense is this?

Listen, we will catch the buffalo..

We catch wild buffalos
So local buffalos are nothing to us!

You can get lost!

Beat them up..

Yes, sir..
I had heard about it, sir

But sir, what can we do about it?

Sir...

SIR

Sir...

Right from morning,
these rogues start creating trouble..

Stop and buy a pack of minikkutti..

Let them butcher, barter
or bait the buffalo

But why place all this
trouble on me?

Do you know how
much I have lost?

Bro, can I have tea?

Why tea?
I will serve you arrack!

This is too much

For generations, Varkey has been
our supplier for meat

But this is happening
for the first time

You and your bloody
traditions and generations

Your ancestors left their
homes and migrated here...

either due to poverty or
their illegal activities

Varkey's family comes
from an ancient one

Bullshit

Varkey's father fled after
seducing his wife's bedridden sister

Is that so?
I didn't know!

Since he couldn't buy any land here
he started butchering buffaloes

That is in the past

People didn't have money
to buy meat everyday

At most, one buffalo a month
That's all

Now, listen up

Fill your stomach with those snacks
But you must pay the bill, okay?

Once, on Easter eve
a buffalo broke free

People caught and killed it
and shared the meat

But Mapilla was found
two days later

He was lying dead in a well

He was running after the buffalo
- Run, he did

Why wash dirty linen?
We must call Kuttachan

Look at him!
He's really had it

Varkey dude, how are you?

Feeling just heavenly!

You get drunk, jump fences -
without a care for the buffaloes

No wonder it turned out like this

Better go to hospital

The Poomala hooligans are
fermenting trouble

Do something fast
Or it will get worse

Let Kuttachan come
and shoot it down

Now we need only him
to add to the ruckus

Varkey, let Kuttachan come.
He will find a way

You've scores to settle

What did i do ?

Let me see if I can catch
the buffalo without him

Then go and do so

Why are you sitting numb?

Stop your blabbering

He can't even hang on
To the buffalo's tail

It's not as easy as your silly fishing

Sunny, go call Kuttachan

You move aside

Omana dear, it is me

Kuttachan?
When did you land?

Just now

Prepare chicken for me,
I'll come by in the evening

Hurrah, hurrah, Kuttachan!

Varkey, what happened?

Look, Kuttacha

Not mere Kuttachan,
But Ganja Kuttachan!

The same Ganja Kuttachan
you all drove away

You've grown some hair?

Kuttacha, come inside

Leave me, Varkey,
I'm not here to play little games

Let me do what
I came here for..

Come, let us go
in my car

No need

It's not a big deal abroad!

Let's apply to the government
for permission to hunt

After Sunday Mass,
we go with our guns

There are enough deers and boars..

Don't go for a big shoot

If your wife sends you
back from abroad

you'll roam around
here weeding cardamom

Have coffee..

There is no meat for dinner

I will see to it

This is Johnson

You also came to know that?

It has destroyed everything.
There is chaos around the church

Not if it comes from a freezer.
If fresh meat, get me 3 kilos

If local pig, 2 kilos

Come over.
Kuttachan has arrived

Now, it's a different ball game

Come

Hurrah, hurrah, Kuttachan!

My god!

Scared?

Keep it there

Now come this side

Please give way

Oh god!
He's a terrific man, master!

Quiet, you scum

Nothing for outsiders!
all for yourself?

Here is tea for you

Why laugh?

Why not pour it yourself?

We must go to Elappara tomorrow

Bro, my meat..

Wait, man

They say it's a huge one.
Let us go and see

No, I am not coming

A timber job

Tomorrow is tough for me

A surprise opportunity

Move aside

What are you up to?
Go, look for the buffalo

Caught the buffalo?

Get inside.
Or he may knock you down

Where?

There, look there

Come here

Come up, fast

Give me that knife

This is the rubber estate.
It won't go beyond

The canal on that side
is in full spate

Two men should keep watch there.
Two men, yes?

This is the granite quarry

Beyond that?

Owned by the Kalladanthi family

I will be there

Near the quarry?
- Yes

Playing hopscotch?

None of your business.
Get lost

What will you do if I don't?

Come, let's go

Come on

Kuttan bro..
Yes, tell me...

Were you caught by the police
for smuggling sandalwood?

Yes. I was betrayed
by that scum

Kuttacha, you should go
to church once in a while

I haven't even been
there even for baptism

But there are certain advantages

Did you get me?

Have it

Here is the pickle.
I will take it

So, now they are bold enough
to cut sandalwood

Even from the church compound?

What a job they've done

After all, why does a
church need sandalwood?

If it was a temple,
I could understand

How will dung-worms
like you understand?

There is only one
sandal smuggler here

Stealing sandalwood
from church?

He is farming ganja too

Xavi, leave your wife
alone and come down

There

There it goes

Where did it go?

Why the hell
are you following me?

Damnit!
I was about to catch it!

Get lost.
I don't need anyone

I prefer that

What is it?
- Nothing

Kutti bro, it went that side

Do you know which is the
tastiest meat in the world?

What is it?

Human flesh

Got scared?

Here comes the buffalo!

Move !

One buffalo dead

I think it got shot on the back

It went that side

Which side?

There

Where?

I think it got shot
in the tail

One bullet wasted

Look, Kuttachan has
more than one ball

Now, move on

I said that the District Collector
will come tomorrow morning

No point waiting here

There it goes.
Catch it!

Masterji, are you okay?

Did something happen to you?

He's gone, better look
in the forest

Come on

Go fast

Prabhakarettan, come fast.
I've caught it

Look..
See how I've trapped it?

Luck favoured us

Not luck, it's Antony

You understand?

Just go to sleep

Then you stuff my nostrils with cotton
like a corpse

Don't worry, we can do without buffalo meat
We can order meat curry from a hotel..

After all, there are only 30 guests

Great idea! Serving all the best dishes
with shit alongside!

Do whatever!

How come the cock is crowing
at this godforsaken hour?

Yes!
- Why not fry some local chicken?

They may as well eat chicken
instead of buffalo meat

It's not just a buffalo
A bull too has got trapped!

What?

Come, a bull is trapped here..

Come, get on the bike fast

I need a ladder to climb
this damned bike

Someone is coming!
Let's go

Listen to me

I came here to buy some chicken!
- Don't you open your mouth!

You come out.
Now!

I came here to
get some chicken

Step out and let us see

We are taking him
to a procession

Hello, everyone please note this

This cock is for sacrifice
at Edapally church

This one will be
sacrificed at my house

Take his clothes off
How is the new cock king doing?

Please, I'll give you
anything you want

It's my daughter's
engagement tomorrow

We will thrash him!
We'll smash him!

Oh Jesus!

Who is there?

Who is it?

Someone's coming
Let's get out of here

This is perfect

This is how you behave before marriage,
imagine after...?

Go back home!
I will have a word with your father

Him and his freaky hair.
Take the bike and get lost

Take the bike. Scram!

What's going on?

Move aside

Move

It's quite common.
Cattles often fall into wells

But, it won't fall on its own

Move aside, you brat
- I'm the one who trapped it

Varkey, shall I finish it off?

Go ahead

If I catch the beast,
I know how to kill it too

Better finish him off now

Who the hell
are you to decide?

Can't I express my opinion?
Look, it will get sunk in mud

What's wrong with you?
We can shoot it and bring it up

It was I who ran
after it from morning

Everyone here knows
I trapped it

Now, if anyone wants
kill or butcher it...

Why are all of you here?
To claim your share?

The moment they hear
a buffalo is on the run,

they rush in with
chillies and spices!

You Poomala guys,
are you here for your share?

Did he actually trap it?

'When you get hold of the rooster...'

'Tear off the feathers
It's time for chicken curry!'

'When you get hold of the rooster...'

'Tear off the feathers
It's time for chicken curry!'

Now soak it

'Back home in Poomala,
When we chew tobacco...'

'Auntie would yell at us.'

'Back home in Poomala,
When we chew tobacco...'

'Auntie would yell at us.'

Freezing cold!
Like in a forest

This was once a forest

Are you joking?
This, a forest!

You brat, when were you born?

When did you start
wearing shirt and trousers?

When my father came here first

Even the bullock carts
came only upto Petta

From there, they had to walk,
climb and clamour..

And when they reached,

it was full of elephants
and porcupines,

For fear of bears,
they dare not step out

My dad made a big Cross

And placed it on top of the hill

Then he gathered
all the men and women

And started digging,
ploughing and planting

Even now, with us here,
this place belongs to animals

Look there at those men

They may move around on two legs
But they are beasts

Come on, pull it well

Where is he?

That skunk, Kuttachan?

I don't find him here now

Sophy is alone there,
He must have gone with the gun to her

What?

Leave me

Let me go, you dog!

Get in and bolt the door.
I've trapped the beast

Antony!

What?

Cut out two chunks of meat from its ribs
I'll prepare tapioca dish with it

Add extra pepper

Move aside

Where are all of you rushing?
Let one man get down

The pulley is fixed.
Who will go down?

You go take a look

Let one man go

Prabhakaretta, if he can't, I will

Can't you see someone getting ready?

Please be quiet

Hold on to the wooden post

Throw me that rope

Antony, take care

Everyone, clear the space

Hold the rope

Point the light down

Is it tight enough?
- Want to tighten it more?

No

Gently

Now hold it tight.
And loosen gently

Loosen the rope
on both sides

Let it go down

Gently loosen it

Do it gently

Pull this side

Enough!
Stop

Shit!
What the hell are you doing?

Get me another rope

Can't you see someone hanging there?
Bring it fast

Tie it fast
then give it to him

Come on, fast.
I can't hang on for long

Now, pull it up

Come, everyone together

Together, heave ho!

Heave together, heave ho!

Varkey, they are
hauling up your buffalo!

Go, give them a hand

There are enough people to do it

Look, if you get him,
shoot him straight in the chest

Sure

Heave together, heave ho!

Gently

So, you killed him!

He looked after our mother!

It could have been killed
with a single bullet. This is all your fault.

What are you up to?

Don’t create a ruckus.
It’s a dead man’s house

You go home

Leave now

I swear...
He won’t see the next dawn

No one gets any share!
I will feed him to the dogs

Come on, guys

If only someone killed that buffalo

It is not some goat or cow.
It’s a buffalo gone wild!

It will tear you apart

You suckers are no good.

Before daybreak we will
kill it and take it home

We Poomala people are here now

Not only that.
We’ll also take it home

We’ll fry it in a pan;
mix it with tapioca

The fire you’ve lit for this buffalo,
you can put it out with water

You will shit cowdung

If you even touch the buffalo
we will chop off your limbs

Clear them off

Or they will wind up dead

Stop it!

Stop it, I say!

Move aside

Settle the issue. No point in
carrying a gun and stick

So, you are the one who
decides things here?

Get down

Sir, your hooliganism
won’t work here

Don't bully us when we talk

You are teaching me law?

Move aside

Come early morning with bags
to carry quite a few dead bodies

I will decide on the dead bodies…
or not

Some of our men are in hospital

One of them is dead.
And what are you doing about it?

You don't get to leave
till you resolve this issue

Burn their Jeep!

You will burn the Jeep?

Move aside

Sir, they are burning our Jeep

Listen to me.
Let me go

Please...

Move aside.
Let it burn!

Push him too into it!

You go to your house, you bitch

Move aside, I say

Where to with this, man?

You better sit at home.

Brother...

Buffalo and boars run wild.
What do you want me to do?

Dare you talk back to the police?
- Who are you to ask?

You go and take it.
I will file a case

I will definitely file a case.
And deal with it then

Go get the sheets

What the hell are you doing
in one big group?

One group, head to the cardamom plantation

Others go to the hanging bridge

It is almost dawn

If you play around
the buffalo will escape

Idiots!
Tying cobwebs to catch a buffalo...

Should I raise it a bit?

We can't let him go through this.
Tie it a bit higher

Hold it at an angle.
- Shut up and stand aside

Keep quiet, man

Run!

Run!

Move aside, you fools

Come on, fast

Fast.... Bring some vehicle

Shift him carefully

Come on, start

You bone-scraper,
you backstabbed me?

You thought I came here
for the buffalo?

I came here
to finish you off, guttersnipe!

Don't stand there watching.
Pull its legs

Give me a hand

Kuttachan?

It has pierced his belly

Doesn’t look like a
buffalo horn wound

Kuttachan, wake up

What happened?

I was stabbed

The buffalo…

Hold him.
Let’s take him to the hospital

Make it fast.
- It's coming

Put off the lights

Pull it tight

Switch off the lights.
It is coming

Don't let him go

Kill the beast!

It’s I who caught it

Nobody gets a share in this

There are more of us!
We will take it

I hunted it and its mine

Kill him!

Kill!

KILL!